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MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUTREMENTS Pike ferrules
BAT 3052 BAT 3133 BAT 3222 BAT 3247 BAT 3322 BAT 3481 BAT 3584 BAT 3612
Eight bronze pike ferrules were recovered from the site. They arc about 90 mm long by about 25 mm in diameter, hollow on the inside (inside diameter 18 mm) with a knob atone end. TheseobjecLS were identified from a picture painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-70) entitled Corporaalscilap van Kapilein RoelofBicker, painted in 1639 and located in the AmsterdaJ1, Rijksmuseum (Fig. 37).
Figure 37. A detail from the Corporaalschap van Kap~';"RoelofBicker painlJ!d by van der Helst in 1639 showing. bronze pike ferrule, some of the other ferrules in this picture were iron.
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